Painters will be here in the morning to paint trim and ceiling in dining room. Based on Pirula's and others expertise, I went with Farrow & Ball Pointing for trim. The dining room will be lighter grass cloth with slight gold background; the overall tone is akin to F & B Joa's White toward Archive. I'm a little nervous about the paper since it's a departure from traditional grasscloth which we've used several times and love, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed it will be beautiful and not gaudy. Since the weave is fairly fine, the gold provides just a slight glimmer. Really need help with suggestions for off-white paints that are warm but not yellow. While I love yellow and will probably paint our bedroom yellow (perhaps a soft yellow like BM Soleil -- we've varied over the years between apricot and yellow to awaken to happy colors in the master) strong yellow undertones simply will not work with our furniture in the living (ivory) and family (Dorset Cream) rooms. Currently considering F & B Dimity (slightly pink to my eye), Satin Slipper (slightly grey) but both may lean very slightly toward yellowish once on 4 walls, no?, D & K # 82 (absolutely complex and beautiful in our light), B & M Sand Dollar (may be wonderful but may be better with F & B Wimbourne White trim) for open 2-story floor plan. I'd definitely like to avoid all tans and taupes, and whites with very obvious pink, yellow, grey or green casts. Almost impossible, but I know a rich but light true neutral exists somewhere! I would really love a luminous soft creamy tone. My ideal is tone on tone, but my husband likes lighter (or darker) trim, so I'd like a slight contrast with Pointing or Wimbourne. We have lots of northern light, but colors look totally different here than in our previous homes so some tried and true colors like BM White Dove or SW Dover White look slightly grey or greenish here in northern VA. I've spent hours reading old posts and looking at chips but maybe one of you color gurus can steer me to a great color. I've already spent too much on full-spectrum cards and samples so please, please help narrow the search. Finally, previous owner painted a darker taupe below the chair rail in the foyer and up the stairwell with the lighter taupe of walls repeated in the inset moldings below the chair rail. Also, the rear walls with French doors and lots of windows and trim are actually another barely noticeable deeper tone than the walls which winds up offsetting the trim nicely. You really have to look hard to perceive the deeper tone as first impression is just that the wall color plays differently because its in the shadow, but it truly is a deeper paint. Two other advantages to this concept is it draws the eye to a more human scale and thus comfortable level in the 2 story open floor plan and the darker color (without insets) provides a richer color to anchor our low sofa which is very close to BM Navajo White in color. Any opinions? Thanks so much for your help! I've already learned so much from this site. You're the best!

They can be accurate, depends on how you want to look at it. Ultimately what determines whether a color shows as *cool* or *warm* is the context and environment in which it is viewed. To give another perspective, the only true neutrals are black, white, and gray. Technically, their labeling certain colors in their SW palette as neutral is not correct so one could then question their lables of warm and cool as well.

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First I will say I have never used LVR to decide wall coolr in any space . I use my eyes if I like the color in the space that is all that amtters. I woudl never use SW alabaster for trim but now you have it. So IMO use that same color everyhwere ina matte finish for the walls The spaces not seen toghether can be something different and if bedrooms they can even have different trim. I much prefer a crisp white for trim or else the wall color in semi gloss. Maybe share some pics of your sapces you migt get some good ideas that you have not considered for wall color.